This book is an outcome of the cross-sectional and empirical study carried out among about 1200 elderly persons belonging to four Community Development Blocks of a highly industrialized district (Coimbatore) in Tamil Nadu. The major focus of this research work is on diverse issues related to rural elderly` socioeconomic differentials among men and women, living arrangements, socio-familial interactions as well as inter-generational contacts of the elderly, in addition to their health status, disabilities and utilization of heath care services. The analysis is not just restricted to frequency and cross-tabulations with suitable tests of significance, but also made use of advanced multivariate statistical techniques like binary logistic regression as well as multinomial logistic regression techniques. Printed Pages: 294.